National Black Voter Day from Biden

[OllieC]

Reread your post 25 which begins as " Unless you have the lived experienced of an being an African American. "

This begs my question sir, .....

Why am I having images appear in my head of Navin R. Johnson, in regards to your conversations?

 

[blaster]

Why am I having images appear in my head of Navin R. Johnson, in regards to your conversations?

It’s called the Opti-Grab Opti for eye and grab because you grab it.

Ha ha ha ha ha!

 

[dwna1a]

I know you are no longer following this thread (so you say) but since you asked, yes its important because your prior post is stated like you personally are the person wronged. I think if you were black you would proudly state, "F**kin A right I am and I have experienced this." But you didn't which leads one to conclude that you are another white Liberal that thinks he is standing up for the poor down-trodden black man.

Blacks were given the right to vote in 1965....the same voting rights as a white man. Equal rights, correct? Isn't that what this is supposed to be about....Equal Rights? But it's not really about equal rights for a blacks....It's about Special Rights isn't it? Isn't that what the Affirmative Action program was all about for example? My son is a police officer and more than 25 years ago he put himself through the State Peace Officer's Academy in his state paying out of his own pocket. He graduated near the top of his class and then applied to many police departments around the state but was unable to be hired because many of the Affirmative Action programs had not fulfilled the required number of applicants of color regardless of their experience. How is that not racism? Reverse that scenario and we have another round of so-called peaceful demonstrations.

Many people of color graduate from school, get a job and raise families in the traditional manor and don't want or need special rights. But when 50% of the crime in this country is committed by a group that consists of 19% of the population there is a serious problem. And if you want to throw around the words "systemic" and "institutional" start there because that's where the real problem is.

Lastly, I don't consider The Atlantic as an unbiased news source. Since 2016 they strongly supported the Democratic presidential candidates, in particular Hillary Clinton, and have been bashing Donald Trump through editorials and opinion for the past 4 years. Very little fact was introduced.

It's probably best you stick with boating because you're outgunned here.
Shawn

Shawn I too went through the early 80’s Affirmative Action crap. I came out of college with a degree in Fire Science and a secondary in Hydraulics. I already had been fighting fires for over two years and learning the “on floor” methods of pumping trucks. Passed my physical and my interview. At that time Newport News started AA and they were forced by these groups to hire half black and half females. I almost gave up. As a contractor we have been passed over for for government contracts even after being low bid. Local and Fed are required to use Black or female owned companies before a male owned one. Now I don’t know If that is still true but I was over five years ago. I’m sure there is discrimination but I’m also sure it works both ways

 

[Woody]

I know you are no longer following this thread (so you say) but since you asked, yes its important because your prior post is stated like you personally are the person wronged. I think if you were black you would proudly state, "F**kin A right I am and I have experienced this." But you didn't which leads one to conclude that you are another white Liberal that thinks he is standing up for the poor down-trodden black man.

Blacks were given the right to vote in 1965....the same voting rights as a white man. Equal rights, correct? Isn't that what this is supposed to be about....Equal Rights? But it's not really about equal rights for a blacks....It's about Special Rights isn't it? Isn't that what the Affirmative Action program was all about for example? My son is a police officer and more than 25 years ago he put himself through the State Peace Officer's Academy in his state paying out of his own pocket. He graduated near the top of his class and then applied to many police departments around the state but was unable to be hired because many of the Affirmative Action programs had not fulfilled the required number of applicants of color regardless of their experience. How is that not racism? Reverse that scenario and we have another round of so-called peaceful demonstrations.

Many people of color graduate from school, get a job and raise families in the traditional manor and don't want or need special rights. But when 50% of the crime in this country is committed by a group that consists of 19% of the population there is a serious problem. And if you want to throw around the words "systemic" and "institutional" start there because that's where the real problem is.

Lastly, I don't consider The Atlantic as an unbiased news source. Since 2016 they strongly supported the Democratic presidential candidates, in particular Hillary Clinton, and have been bashing Donald Trump through editorials and opinion for the past 4 years. Very little fact was introduced.

It's probably best you stick with boating because you're outgunned here.
Shawn

1965..??

 

[boatman37]

I wasn't going to bring this up but since it is being talked about here it is. My brother-in-law has been a police officer since about 1981. In the late 80's he took the PA State Police test and scored about a 91% but wasn't hired because at the time the cutoff for a white male was 95%. A few years later his younger brother took it and scored in the low 80's but was hired because at that time they had enough 'minorities'. My BIL is still a police officer in the same dept my step-son is in and was chief in a smaller dept before that and was a deputy with the Palm Beach County S.O. in the early 90's when he lived in FL. His brother has retired from the PA State Police. If I'm in charge of hiring I wasn't the best candidate no matter what their color, religion, etc. Equal rights???

 

[boatman37]

If these 'non-voters' can find a way to get their beer and cigarettes then they can find a way to get to the polls on election day. Watched the news the other night and a guy they interviewed said he voted early at his local fire station. Said it was busy and he had to wait in line for awhile but at least it was better than waiting in line on election day? WTF??? What difference does it make?

 

[Woody]

If these 'non-voters' can find a way to get their beer and cigarettes then they can find a way to get to the polls on election day. Watched the news the other night and a guy they interviewed said he voted early at his local fire station. Said it was busy and he had to wait in line for awhile but at least it was better than waiting in line on election day? WTF??? What difference does it make?

Sometimes it's better to keep things simple. Maybe he figures the lines will be really, really long on election day....just a time saver is all....at least he voted...something more folks should do.

 

[NorCal Boater]

1965..??

I will amend my statement

From Wikipedia....
Black suffrage refers to black people's right to vote. Black suffrage has long been an issue in countries established under conditions of black minorities. Black men in the United States did not gain the right to vote until after the Civil War. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was ratified to prohibit states from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on “race, color or previous condition of servitude." "Black suffrage" in the United States in the aftermath of the American Civil War explicitly referred to the voting rights of black men only. Black women still had many hurdles to face before obtaining this right.

The passage of the 19th Amendment, which was ratified by the United States Congress on August 18 and then certified as law on August 26, 1920 technically granted women the right to vote. However, the 19th Amendment did not initially extend to women of African American, Asian American, Hispanic American and American indian heritage because of widespread voter suppression enacted against Black women and other women of color. It wasn't until the Voting Rights Act was passed nearly a half century later, on August 6, 1965 that Black women were in-practice able to exercise their right to vote.

And from the History Channel....
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The Voting Rights Act is considered one of the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.

 

[El Capitan]

Entitlements given exclusively based on race is racial discrimination itself. It’s based on the belief that for example blacks are incapable of self sufficiency.

More and more blacks are realizing all these entitlements have created lasting generational poverty and bondage to a political party that has no sincere interest in their well being.

 

[Wanderer 290]

Kind of like the advisement in national parks.
“Don’t feed the animals because they will become reliant upon that which negatively affects their ability to survive in the wilderness”.